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For those that think Cotts suspension is fair. Please tell what you thought he should do.
Someone runs into you with their head down and their body bent in half from the waist down.
Get out the way? Just throw your hands up in the air and do nothing?
Your opponent has the ball, you have to tackle them. There was no other option than to take him high.
Probably didn’t have to drag him down, but he couldn’t see if he had disposed of the ball or not. There was no slinging action.
Lesson number one from this. Don’t. Duck. Your. Head.
AFL players shouldn’t do it. It shouldn’t be rewarded. And we certainly should be teaching the kids not to duck their heads too.
If Long doesn’t duck he is tackled around the waist. Simple.
He gets it wrong most weeks. Thinks people striking someone in the head is nothing but doesn't like a good tackle. Utter knobheadJordan Lewis (afl360) thinks Cottrell was lucky to only get one.
Hardly the voice of reason obviously.
Honestly, if they're serious about protecting the head, ducking should be punished. You get a free against for ducking like long did and people will stop it pretty bloody quick.Lesson number one from this. Don’t. Duck. Your. Head.
AFL players shouldn’t do it. It shouldn’t be rewarded. And we certainly should be teaching the kids not to duck their heads too.
Maybe it's time to start penalising those making a mockery of the AFL's efforts to protect the head, rather than incentivising it.Sure but I do think it was a dangerous action that if he landed the wrong way he could have broken his neck. I was there live so only just saw the footage and I kind of cringed when I saw the way he landed. The ball was free, he didn't need to go on with the tackle.
But it wasn't the duck and initial tackle that got him in trouble. It was the subsequent pile-driver into the groundMaybe it's time to start penalising those making a mockery of the AFL's efforts to protect the head, rather than incentivising it.
Long's action put himself in harms way to "win" a free, perhaps a convo with Alex McKinnon would help a few realise just how idiotic their approach is..
Does this happen if the opponent didn't duck, the answer is quite obviously no.But it wasn't the duck and initial tackle that got him in trouble. It was the subsequent pile-driver into the ground
I was watching a game at Lions den hotel there was a young bloke there and he was asked who his favourite player was he made a couple including Ginnivan and just commented that I hope you don’t play like him because you will get hurt you should of heard the vitriol I copped from the Collingwood supportersDoes this happen if the opponent didn't duck, the answer is quite obviously no.
It wasn't a piledriver or any other term coined to fit in the world of Professional Wrestling, either. (Jon Ralph - is that you?)
My viewpoint remains that players will end up hurt because of the AFL's approach to incidents such as this, where they punish the person making but not creating the contact to the head &/or neck.
We can no longer leave the Binns out!!!If Cottrell does time, it's a perfect opportunity to debut Binns.
We've accepted the suspension.
Sicily a bit stiff.
Now who do we play after the bye?
Exactly!!!!!! Come on down Jaxon Binns!!!!!!
It is a pretty clear case of where Long had prior opportunity and the free should have been paid against him before being taken to ground.Puts him in a headlock and drives his head into the ground. Lucky to only be a week.
I agree.Puts him in a headlock and drives his head into the ground. Lucky to only be a week.